Automattic / Automattic/simplenote-electron

Frameless Window

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Description

### What
Give the user possibility to make the app's window frameless.

### Why
This gives a much cleaner look and is eminently less distracting.

### How
This could be implemented fairly quickly by adding 2 lines of code to the app's main entry point, by default it's `main.js`.
To implement a switch button for this option shouldn't take too many lines of code as well.
[Here's](https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/window-customization) Electron's documentation about this topic.

**Window border present in Simplenote**
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/45405238/191955993-bd0764be-1d11-4d3b-9caa-84edadef93ea.png)

**No window border in vscode**
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/45405238/191955923-ba95a292-d2e6-4826-863e-2dcedd10609e.png)

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Start with the app's main entry point, mentioned as main.js, and review Electron's window-customization documentation. Determine how the frameless option should be exposed through a switch button. Done means the app window can display without its border and the user can control that option.

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Assessment

Tech stack
electron
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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